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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
There is no way anyone in their right mind thinks SF is colder than Calgary or Fort Mac.
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Well, not Calgary/Fort Mac cold, but mid 20C temperatures out there can easily be sweater and wind breaker weather vs t-shirts and shorts. It can get deceivingly cold there. No need for a winter jacket, but I'd definitely have at least a decent pair of long pants and a good wind breaking fall jacket packed into my luggage as a just in case.
My wife and I grabbed the city pass years ago and hit basically everything on it in a few days. No idea if the city pass is still decent value.
Two things I would highly suggest you do not do:
1. Do not walk or ride a bike along the Golden Gate bridge. You have vehicles blasting past you at high speed only a few feet away. If that's not loud enough, then if there's a wind, it'll be loud and cold too. I've been in packed bars that I think I've done less yelling to communicate than meandering on the Golden Gate bridge. It's a powder keg scenario for an argument. Everything around the Golden Gate bridge is pretty nice though.
2. Do not believe the walking durations on Google maps and Apple maps through the city. The time only felt relatively accurate along the piers, but through the city, they don't make sense for a tourist. On multiple occasions, what sometimes showed as 20-40 minute walks were easily 1.5 to 3x the duration while "sauntering". On top of that many seemingly simple paths felt like a hell of a trek. I'm guessing the times are based on someone with a walking pace on flat ground and never stopping. But you obviously stop and look around as a tourist and the combinations of uphill and downhill can really slow your pace to the time between destinations. This was annoying when we didn't have a fixed schedule, but when we had a reso to make, it could get frustrating pretty fast. If we got to our destination within approximately the time that the map says it would take, it felt like a workout.
For instance, Google map says Union to Fisherman's Wharf is 30-40 minutes. In reality, with a slower pace and stopping to look at things, it may easily take over an hour to an hour and a half. If it's over 15-20 minutes walk and you've built in your slower walking pace, consider the bus or an Uber or something instead of walking.